The United States does not yet have an understanding of when the first oil tanker will be able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said March 25. She said Washington is working to ensure restoration as soon as possible. That said, the conditions Iran has put forward include recognizing its control of the crucial shipping lane. Tehran has said the strait will remain open after the war but will not revert to its previous regime.

No room to maneuver: five questions on how to bring back traffic in the Strait of Hormuz

After sharp spikes in oil prices, the highest trading volumes on Asian markets are recorded in the first minutes of the session, UBS estimates

Trade at the open and go: why did UBS call the morning the best time to trade in Asia?


At the same time - unlike many on Wall Street - the research firm expects rates to fall this year

Citrini's new forecast: author of market-crashing AI report bets on falling stocks

Retail investors continue to buy the decline, while oil traders took a rare opportunity to lock in profits, analysts said

US stocks rise in price, White House assures that it is dialoguing with Iran: the results of the 26th day of the war

Alphabet Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The high-profile case could have implications for social media and the technology sector as a whole

Big Tobacco moment: Meta and Google found responsible for social media addiction

Arm Holdings plc

Arm expects the new chip, whose production the company announced the day before, to generate about $15 billion in revenue by 2031

Arm shares soared 20%. They were advised to buy them by analysts at Raymond James

BlackRock, Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Ares Management Corporation

The private credit market does not pose a systemic risk to the financial system despite redemption requests from individual retail funds, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wqrdkx8ppo">told</a> the BBC. He also categorically rejected comparisons of the current situation in the markets with the crisis of 2007-2008, which some analysts and researchers said earlier.

"Zero similarities": Larry Fink rejected comparing the private credit market to the 2008 crisis

Switzerland's largest bank forecasts the precious metal to grow by almost 30% by early 2027

UBS bet on gold against it going into a bearish phase during the Iran war

Major U.S. stock indices opened March 25 with growth - the prospects of de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East partially managed to dispel investors' fears about long-term disruptions in energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-rise-mideast-ceasefire-prospects-lift-sentiment-2026-03-25/">writes</a> Reuters.

S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq jumped 1% amid signals of de-escalation of war with Iran

While the European Stoxx 600 has lost 8.6% since the start of the war in the Middle East, the energy sector of the index has added 10%

Morgan Stanley expects the rally in the energy sector in Europe to continue

Ondas Inc.

Shares of <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ONDS/">Ondas Holdings Inc.</a>, a mid-cap developer of autonomous drones and a partner of software maker Palantir Technologies, gained more than 5% in premarket trading on Wednesday. The move comes after investment bank Needham raised its target price for the stock by roughly a third. Less than a year ago, Ondas shares were trading below $1 and faced potential delisting; since then, the stock has surged following a shift in the company’s strategy. Over the last 12 months, Ondas shares have jumped 1,215%. The stock has attracted investor attention amid the conflict in the Middle East, Barron’s <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-iran-stock-market-treasuries-things-to-know-today-1fd45954?mod=mw_quote_news&amp;adobe_mc=MCMID%3D83065470832406916711435245832042088155%7CMCORGID%3DCB68E4BA55144CAA0A4C98A5%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1774434576">writes</a>.

Shares of mid-cap Palantir partner Ondas jump after earnings, Needham TP upgrade

Microsoft Corporation

Salesforce, Inc.

Shares of the software giants collapsed amid news of Anthropic and Amazon jeopardizing the subscription model

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